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  • 9 May
    2008
    Churches must face facts - with hope

    "Arguing about the latest statistics misses the point," says Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia.

  • 9 May
    2008
    Christian Research data defended, but church decline continues

    The Christian Research organisation, whose latest data survey on the decline of UK church attendance has annoyed the Church of England, has defended its work against accusations of being misleading.

  • 30 Oct
    2007
    Migration is about people, before statistics

    The government's foreign labour statistics gaffe does not justify the apocalyptic tones of the current debate about migration, which is about people and development, not numbers and panic, says the

  • 30 Oct
    2007
    Migration back to being a political football again

    Migration issues are back in the headlines, with the two main parties vying over 'get tough' policies, and the government admitting that its recent labour force statistics have been wrong. But positive alternatives are also being mooted.

  • 27 Jan
    2007
    Dutch churches reap the rewards of smallness

    Despite declining membership, five Dutch denominations have generated their best-ever result in their annual fundraising drive, which organisers say generates more money than any other campaign in the Netherlands - writes Andreas Havinga for Ecumenical News International (ENI).

  • 24 Jan
    2007
    Surprise fall in Sunday church attendance

    Figures just released by the Church of England record that regular Sunday church attendance in 2005 fell by over two per cent.

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